Jurisprudence 2
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Russia: Old and new in online censorship
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Russland: Altes und Neues in Sachen Internet-Zensur | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.17_Russland_Altes_und_Neues_in_Sachen_Internet-Zensur?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120918] A new Russian law intended to protect minors from “harmful” content entered into force on 1 September 2012 bringing forth confusion and, at the same time, hilarious and even dangerous results. “The law’s vagueness and inconsistencies render its repressive […]
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EDRi on child protection policy
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EDRi zum Thema Kinderschutz | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.17_EDRi_zum_Thema_Kinderschutz?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120918] The interests of children should be put first, even if that means allowing them to learn and adapt to online risks An unseen threat is the scariest threat of all. An unseen threat to our children provokes our most basic protective instincts, […]
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Belarusian authorities harass online opposition groups
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Weißrussische Behörden drangsalieren Oppositionsgruppen im Internet | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.17_Weissrussische_Behoerden_drangsalieren_Oppositionsgruppen_im_Internet?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120918] As elections in Belarus approach, independent or pro-opposition journalists and Internet users are harassed by the Belarusian authorities, pressured and even put to jail. “The call for an election boycott by some opposition figures has joined the long list of […]
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Spanish website gets back seized domain names. After 18 months.
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanische Webseite bekommt beschlagnahmte Domain zurück. Nach 18 Monaten. | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.17_Spanische_Webseite_bekommt_beschlagnahmte_Domain_zurueck?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120918] After one year and a half battle with the US authorities, the sports streaming and download Spanish site Rojadirecta has succeeded in winning back its domain names, after the authorities dropped the lawsuit against it on 29 […]
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Some governments want more control over the Internet via ITU
There has lately been controversy over proposals made by several countries, such as Russia and China, to give more control over the Internet to the UN International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Key functions of the internet as naming, numbering, addressing and identification are now carried out by ICANN, based in the US independent IANA, and national […]
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Russia looking for long prison years for hackers attacking govt sites
A Russian senator has recently proposed a very drastic 15-year prison sentence for hackers who attack government websites. The proposal of Senator Ruslan Gattarov, who is also Kremlin youth group organizer, comes after the hacker attack on the server of the Moscow Khamovnichesky Court of 21 August 2012. An anonymous group seem to have admitted […]
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ENDitorial: CleanIT: creating a safer internet…for terrorists?
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [CleanIT – ein sichereres Internet … für Terroristen? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.16_ENDitorial_CleanIT_ein_sichereres_Internet_fuer_Terroristen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120913] The “CleanIT project”, funded by the European Commission and led by the Dutch police, aims to produce a “guideline or gentleman’s agreement” to fight terrorism online in a way which does not involve the use of legislation. The […]
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Belarusian journalist detained for showing subway security flaws
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Weißrussland: Journalist wegen Berichts über Sicherheitsmängel in der U-Bahn festgenommen | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.15_Weissrussland_Journalist_wegen_eines_Berichts_ueber_Sicherheitsmaengel_in_der_U-Bahn_festgenommen?pk_campaign=twun&pk_kwd=20120801] Several Belarusian journalists have been lately arrested for having shown flows in the security system of Belarus. The latest arrest, on 25 July 2012, was that of Vital Ruhayn on charges of hooliganism and obscene language […]
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Reporters Sans Frontières follows on the Wikileaks footsteps
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Reporter ohne Grenzen treten in die Fußstapfen von WikiLeaks | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.15_Reporter_ohne_Grenzen_treten_in_die_Fu%C3%9Fstapfen_von_WikiLeaks?pk_campaign=twun&pk_kwd=20120801] Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) is looking to take the Wikileaks path and will start accepting the publication of censured documents in October 2012 on a new dedicated platform. Called “We Fight Censorship”, the RSF platform will distribute […]
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Russian bill creates blacklist of websites
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Russland: Gesetz zur Einführung von Internet-Sperrlisten | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.14_Russland_Gesetz_zur_Einfuehrung_von_Internet-Sperrlisten?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120718] At the beginning of July 2012, Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, approved in third reading a draft law titled “On the Protection of Children From Information Harmful to Their Health and Development”, allowing the Russian authorities to […]
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French Supreme Court: Important rulings for intermediary liability
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Frankreich: Wichtige Entscheidungen in Sachen Providerhaftung | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.14_Frankreich_Wichtige_Entscheidungen_in_Sachen_Providerhaftung?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120718] On 12 July 2012 the French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) issued four important and somewhat contradictory rulings regarding the role of online service providers in policing online copyright infringements. In the first case, SNEP vs. Google France, the Court’s […]
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Banking blockade on Wikileaks broken by the Icelandic court
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Island: Gericht bringt Finanzblockade gegen WikiLeaks zu Fall | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.14_Island_Gericht_bringt_Finanzblockade_gegen_WikiLeaks_zu_Fall?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120718] An Icelandic court has made a step towards unblocking funds towards WikiLeaks by recently ruling that Valitor, the local agent for Visa, broke the contract when it stopped accepting donations for the website a year ago. The ban […]
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